May 25, 2009

Operational Excellence: Best Practices (Supply Chain Management)

A common theme I continue to hear from the business community is “we need to do more with less.” Everyone is looking for an advantage or an edge in business. Recently I wrote about Lean Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management and received an outstanding response. Our firm, McKonly & Asbury, is partnering with Dr. Robert O. Neidigh from the Department of Finance & Supply Chain Management at The John L. Grove College of Business of Shippensburg University. Dr. Neidigh is helping us and our clients learn more about maximizing operational performance. Together, we have developed a process/questionnaire in an effort to assess an organization’s health as it relates to:

We’re looking for a few companies, particularly in the manufacturing and distribution sector, who would be willing to work with us on this project. Here’s the best part, your participation is free, although we need you to give us some of your time in helping to answer the questionnaire and meet with us at your site. Out of this you will get a report on our findings which will hopefully give you some great ideas on how to improve your operations. We can only take on a few companies for this pilot project, but if you are interested in having your organization participate with us, please contact me.